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SUBMITTER: Mussa T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3585918 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mussá Tufária T Rodríguez-Cariño Carolina C Sánchez-Chardi Alejandro A Baratelli Massimiliano M Costa-Hurtado Mar M Fraile Lorenzo L Domínguez Javier J Aragon Virginia V Montoya María M
Veterinary research 20121116
Pigs possess a microbiota in the upper respiratory tract that includes Haemophilus parasuis. Pigs are also considered the reservoir of influenza viruses and infection with this virus commonly results in increased impact of bacterial infections, including those by H. parasuis. However, the mechanisms involved in host innate responses towards H. parasuis and their implications in a co-infection with influenza virus are unknown. Therefore, the ability of a non-virulent H. parasuis serovar 3 (SW114) ...[more]